Coquillages – Muscheln. 1. Haliotide – Haliotide. [Abalone/Sea Ear]. 2. Turbo marbré – Marmorfarbiger Turbo. [Marbled Turban Shell]. 3. Tridacne – Tridacne. [Giant Clam/Bénitier]. 4. Aplysie d’Urville – d’Urvillés Aplysia. [d’Urville’s Sea Hare].

Description

steel engraving botanical print from ‘L’Univers. Histoire et Description de Tous Les Peuples.: Océanie [History and Description of the Peoples of the World] Cinquième Partie du Monde. [Fifth Chapter of the World]‘, vol. 1, pl. 6.

A 19th-century botanical illustration depicting four specific marine organisms.
1) Haliotide (Abalone/Sea Ear): The topmost shell, known for its flat, ear-shaped spiral profile and pearlescent interior.
2) Turbo marbré (Marbled Turban Shell): The large, spiraled, heavy sea snail shell depicted on the left side of the middle row.
3) Tridacne (Giant Clam/Bénitier): The corrugated, bivalve shell depicted from a vertical profile view on the right side of the middle row.
4) Aplysie d’Urville (d’Urville’s Sea Hare): The elongated, soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusk illustrated along the entire bottom of the plate.